Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Aix-Marseille), DEA, Ph.D. (Bordeaux I)
Life & Health Sciences DNA ext.6361 Life & Health Sciences DNA C212, lauredubreuil@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Prehistory of Southwest Asia, Mongolia, Epipaleolithic, Natufian, Mesolithic, Neolithization process, Material Culture, Ground-stone tools, Use-wear studies, Functional analysis, Technology, Experimental archaeology
Accepting Graduate Students for 2025-26
Laure Dubreuil joined the department in September 2010. She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the University of Aix-Marseille, and her DEA, Ph.D. in Prehistory at the University of Bordeaux. Her geographic focus of archaeological research is Southwest Asia and Europe. She is particularly interested in material culture analysis, especially ground stone tool technology of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. Her work also focused on use-wear studies, and experimental archaeology. She is currently involved in several research projects in Israel (SSHRC), Jordania, Greece, Portugal and Italy.
Recent Publications
Dubreuil, Laure, Brian Hayden, Maria Bofill, and Jerome Robitaille. 2023. Pounding, Grinding, Transitioning. A Use-Wear Perspective. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 47: 103743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103743.
Dubreuil, Laure, Jérôme Robitaille, Jesús Gonzalez-Urquijo, Joao Marreiros, and Anna Stroulia. 2023. A ‘Family of Wear’: Traceological Patterns on Pebbles Used for Burnishing Pots and Processing Other Plastic Mineral Matters. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-022-09597-z.
Dubreuil, L. & Goring-Morris, N –2021– Exploring food practices among the first agro-pastoral communities of the Southern Levant: the ground stone tool perspective. Food & History, 19: 135-170.
Dubreuil, L., Evoy, A. and Janz, L – 2021- The New Oasis: Potential of Use-wear for Studying Plant Exploitation in the Gobi Desert Neolithic. In Access Archaeology, Archeopress: pp.100-116.
Dubreuil, Laure, Ahiad Ovadia, Ruth Shahack-Gross, and Leore Grosman. 2019. Evidence of Ritual Breakage of a Ground Stone Tool at the Late Natufian Site of Hilazon Tachtit Cave (12,000 Years Ago).” Edited by Michael D. Petraglia. PLOS ONE 14, no. 10: e0223370. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223370.